Anyone heard this? The song literally goes on for an hour (the song's a year long and had been playing for months).

It's kind of a blend of Ice Cream Castles & It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night. Not as good as either, sorry to say, but it's very interesting to hear Prince & The Revolution creating a song on the spot.

Instead of stopping & starting, the song just goes on and on as they refine it. Great glimpse into the creative process.

NDRU said:

Ohhhhh, is that like that song LOVESEXY?

no, the 45 minute song Lovesexy is much better!

there are a lot of studio versions of this song, the last one being my favorite. I don't think the live jam that is really Soul Psychedlicide... but rather makes use of that chant over a funk jam.

You're right that this version is more of a jam than a song. Are the studio versions similar musically to this long jam version, or do they just use the same words? It's a great groove, I'd like to hear an actual song of it.

NDRU said:

the studio ones are nothing at all like the live jam, they are much more interesting! They have been widely bootlegged and are probably floating aorund as mp3's online.

I lose interest in the jam.

"...like, where you would break it down on the 1 you just do that lick and come back on the 2"...ICE CREAM!

my favorite line:

"if i heard that on a dance floor i'd quit"

never heard it....anyone got a link to it or where I can find it....I love an extended jam....and I mean that in the most benign way.....

hey, i've got this one and yes, it really is just a jam, looking for a groove to settle into. not that interesting.

studio versions are FAR better.

but what i want to know is this: what's this 45 minute 'lovesexy' jam that's been mentioned? i'd LOVE to hear that.

On the version that I have,it features Kim Basinger moaning at the beginning.She briefly tries to sing a lyric:

the (??) pump of sheer delight

I guess she was too "distracted" to sing

I've only heard the studio versions...

Am I allowed to ask what boot(s) the live jam version appears on?

jone70 said:

It's on a collection of live stuff from the Parade era. Begins with Around the World, and into Parade, New Position, I Wonder U, Controversy, Delerious, Etc.. and finishing with Soul Psychedelicide.

I'm not sure which stuff is actually live and which is rehearsal, though. Soul Psychedelicide is definitely a rehearsal, and it will be boring to most people. It's just an interesting lesson in one way to work on a song.

NDRU said:

Yeah, don't stress on it. I have a couple boots with it, and I deleted that song for my Ipod. Even if you like it(which I don't) you won't listen to it more than once. Parade Around the World is one boot with it. Nice sound and 3cd collection of live Parade stuff. I thnk there is also another one actually called Soul Psychodelicide with a yellow cover.

I did pay a lot of guilders (dutch currency) back in the eighties for a tape with soul psychedelicide and a version of we can funk on it.

Both way, way, way too long (especially soul psychedelicide) and offering nothing really interesting to listen to. A waste of my money, it was.

Sometimes Princes is overindulging himselve with jams that go on way to long and offer no real excitement or surprise, I mean: who ever listened to the full 21 minutes (was it that much? i sold that record) of the extended version of America more then once or twice?

Riverpoet31 said:

u2prnce said:

Thanks to both of you for the info...I won't bother looking for it then.

But I would totally listen to America extended version more than once or twice--they play it sometimes on aol.radio. Love it!